The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 18, 1979
Last Quarter
53.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
12:46 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.9%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 697
Events on this date
-
Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
-
Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.3° / 246.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -12.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.76° / 1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.84° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.50° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.